Add continued growth in commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding to the list of things that the economic fallout from the coronavirus might affect.

The coronavirus card will include real-time updates from the Centers for Disease Control regarding support and testing.

Lenders are rallying around a bill from Sen. Rubio that would give them access to another $50 billion under the 7(a) program. It could face obstacles in the House, where a bill favors direct lending by the Small Business Administration.

The lowest tier of investment-grade companies are growing vulnerable to downgrades to high-yield status - a designation that could drive up their borrowing costs and set off a wave of selling from investors who aren’t permitted to hold such low-quality debt.

The actions include cutting the federal funds rate to between 0% and 0.25% and other steps to ease economic stress from the spread of the coronavirus.

If banks are unable to weather the economic fallout from the outbreak, calls for more dramatic reforms could get louder.

Increased refinancing volume led Fannie Mae to raise its 2020 estimate by $300 billion and 2021 projection by $280 billion.

Not so long after Treasury bond yields experienced an unprecedented drop, the average 30-year mortgage rate rose, reflecting volatility related to the coronavirus as well as capacity issues on multiple levels.